St Leonards School

An IB, co-ed, boarding school situated in an historic campus at the heart of St Andrews, a seaside university town in Scotland.

1877 founded

Co-ed

IB, GCSE, 1 Year GCSE / Pre-IB

418 students

30% boarders

29% international students

£ 15482 per term (circa)

Town, By the Sea

"Ad Vitam - For Life"

St Leonards is based in St Andrews, the home of golf, and next to the internationally renowned University. St Leonards is the only school in Scotland to concentrate 100% on the IB in the Sixth Form. 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of the IB at St Leonards.

A wide variety of extra-curricular activities, including golf on outstanding courses, are available to the students.

At St Leonards Golf coaching takes place at the nearby St Andrews Links Golf Academy. Throughout the year, fixtures are arranged against other schools and pupils have the chance to represent the School in competitions. Those demonstrating a talent for the game may be invited to join the St Leonards Golf Programme.

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Academic

Good IB results

Famous Alumni

Penny Thomson (Former Director of the Edinburgh Film Festival), Audrey Withers (Former Editor of Vogue Magazine)

The International Baccalaureate and the UK IB Boarding Schools

9/18/2024 - 2 min. to read

IB - Insights to the international qualification, including a 2024-23 and 2022-23 ranking of British IB boarding schools from our IB-expert Nigel Paddock

The UK Referendum - some reassurances from a British Boarding School perspective

7/22/2016 - 6 min. to read

Europe and the UK are still coming to terms with the outcome of the referendum result. However, we think that is important to put the whole situation into context and give it a sense of perspective.

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